Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Stratocaster / "Red Knob/Evil Twin" / EHX, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGcVEXxvl4A. the Jimi vs. Eddie debate is pointless....why must musicians be like athletes, or more to the point, why do music fans treat musicianship like a sporting competition. Somuchfuckingemotion, I also found this one combination of Little Wing and Maggot Brain by Pearl Jam (www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhKxLgeNNUs). 83 in its lis… I love him! His skills are hard to be matched by anyone, and I think when he was in his prime, he was as good as Hendrix himself. He used whatever he could get his hands on after 1980. Haven't heard it in months! Pretty good album overall, some songs by Frank Black, Evan Dando, Bikini Kill and soem others i forgot. IMHO of course. They may not have been as tight as … Upload or insert images from URL. There's a picture floating around of Eddie playing a red 335. :rawk:I`m glad i got to see him run it down. Powered by Invision Community. ...and, just to stir the sauce, the hardest core true funk on "Maggot Brain" really isn't a guitar-centric song at all. I don't know specifics for different live performances, but I found some good info here a while back: http://www.guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php?t=66510. Almost like you'd need it in a wah type pedal to control it. Thanks for visiting. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. He also had a standard les paul in sunburst. As he built his unique solo style with precision and groove, George Clinton describes him “"Perfected the concept to play solo with melody of the song. King, Albert King, Wes Montgomery were some of the biggest influence to him, he was receptive to many different genres and players. There's a great cover of this by J. Mascis on a Mike Watt album from the 90s. I'm sure he used Strats, but what amps/pedals if any? Check out Eddie Hazel's album - "Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs" - his cover of 'California Dreaming' is one of the few examples where the cover wipes the floor with the original. Hazel was a posthumous inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic; his ten-minute guitar solo in the Funkadelic song "Maggot Brain" is hailed as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument".   Your previous content has been restored. If you have guitar related questions, use the "Search" field or ask the community. End rant. © 1995-2019 Harmony Central, Inc. All rights reserved. Thank you for reminding me of one of my favorite songs! On this day in 1992, guitarist Eddie Hazel sadly succumbed to liver failure. He is also a multi instrumentalist including drums, keyboards, synth programming as credited on Funkadelic's album "The Electric Spanking of War Babies".   Pasted as rich text. He`s a BAB, BAD Man. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. "Adolescent Funk" " Funk Gets Stronger", as well as Clinton's side project Brides of Funkenstein "Never Buy a Texas From A Cowboy" Clinton's Solo "Stingy" as notable credits.   You cannot paste images directly. Display as a link instead, × Yeah.   Your link has been automatically embedded. It is quite amazing how prolific Funkadelic was considering that (until they started having mainstream hits) they were always short on cash and had second rate equipment. At times it sounds like he has some sort of Jet Phaser too. Paste as plain text instead, × Eddie Hazel truly made his guitar cry. While Jimi Hendrix, B.B. Which was a good thing. One accurate version. Because Eddie Hazel would've raped Hendrix, Yeah, I don't know too many people who dig Funkadelic, let alone would even know of his solo stuff. You can post now and register later. To sit in on a jam with Hendrix and Hazel would be the tits. Les Pauls. This is a forum where guitarists, from novice to experienced, can explore the world of guitar through a variety of media and discussion. Maggot Brain, by Funkadelic was like a psychedelic experience when I first heard it. By It's 10 minutes long solo or something, maybe longer. Either way...Eddie Hazel is a madman. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. For the recording of Maggot Brain, George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel to play 'like your momma had just died' – this extraordinary 10-minute solo was the result. It's so strange that you're posting this now, I was just listening to it yesterday and today. They may not have been as tight as James Brown… All content on this page is the property of … Press J to jump to the feed. The best place to start if you're new is right below in our "Rules" section. He had a Black Beauty that he used to record all of his solo album "Games Dames and Guitar Thangs". I just think George and the 'show' overshadowed him... Eddie Hazel is one of my favorites, but you'd have to put him against Nile Rodgers and Catfish Collins among others, and Catfish single-handedly developed a style that still is being copied today. Maggot Brain (album) and Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow were in constant rotation my junior and senior years. I'm listening to Maggot Brain (Alt Mix) as I logged on and saw this thread. Stratman Tigers, February 8, 2010 in Effects and Processors. Last updated on 09.12.2016 In 2015, Hampton has parted the Parliament Funkadelic tour band and is working on his new materials includes his own Kidd Funkadelic Band, as well as collaborating with other artist across genres. Those are the ones on my personal heavy-hitters list, and they all share or borrow from the same pool at one point or another. If you haven't heard it before, Maggot Brain is a 10 minute song by Funkadelic, which for the most part is just a guitar solo. Rolling Stone and Guitar World … Got strange looks from my classmates (being it was 2006/2007) but fuck them if they don't feel the funk. Maggot Brain ended up being one of the group's more essential albums, thanks primarily to Hazel's guitar playing. Michael Hampton is a Funk Rock guitarist, composer and musical director and a Rock 'n Roll Hall of fame inductee with the band George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic in 1997. This training helped him to establish his musical versatility and complexity to this day. I fucking love this song and would love some similar recommendations. Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Songs. I always wondered why Eddie's so underrated when he had so much skill and put out so many great songs. I guess because funk-rock isn't too mainstream. He used one during the early years of the Parliaments and Funkadelic. He also had a bunch of 70's strats in various colors and a natural ash strat that used to belong to his good friend and master vocalist Glen Goins (RIP).